slightly ot - painting auto

Patsdeere · Sep 27, 2013

Ok to keep it tractor related I am using this for practice. If you were going to paint a car that will sit out in the snow with no cover, how would you paint it? (tractor gets the garage). If I Sandblast it, can I use epoxy primer, surfacer, sealer coat, base coat and then clear coat? I don't want any chance of rusty reappearing since it lives in the snow. It is a Jeep so sometimes water gets inside too.

Thanks for any insight car painter people.

CNKS · Sep 27, 2013

I'm not a car painter, but that is the best combination you can use (depending on how expensive the urethane is). But most of the rust in snowy areas comes from the salt used on the roads that accumulates on the under side.

Brad_bb · Sep 29, 2013

Yes, generally you've got it. The key though is the prep and the epoxy sealer primer. It must be truly free of rust and "metal prepped" (mild phosphoric acid wash and conditioner), fast dried, and then sealed in the epoxy sealer. This is the key to preventing rust. Until you get a chip that is and create place for rust to start. Additionally, for a jeep, you may want to do a urethane bedliner coating on the interior and perhaps the underside as a durable finish that will resist chipping.

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